Mike & The Moonpies, Jamie Lin Wilson = Killer Start to Mile 0 Fest
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For the second year in a row, Mile 0 Fest in Key West, FL commenced Tuesday evening with a free and open-to-the-public block party on the island’s famous Duval Street, with Charley Crockett, The Steel Woods, and Shinyribs all performing this year. Then later the party condensed into a tightly packed affair at the infamous Key West venue Durty Harry’s where Jamie Lin Wilson, Mike and the Moonpies, and many guests and collaborators held court. And for the second year in a row, the pre-festival club show resulted in possibly the most memorable that will be had the entire week.
Reprising their highly-regarded tour pairing in early 2019 that saw Jamie Lin play for 45 minutes, Mike and the Moonpies play for 45 minutes, and then both take the stage to rip through classic country cover songs, the collaborations and moments were pretty incredible. Members of American Aquarium also helped comprise Jamie Lin Wilson’s band.
With all the Texas/Red Dirt talent descending on Key West this week for Mile 0 Fest, the opportunity for guest opportunities was mouth watering, and they took great advantage of it. Songwriter Courtney Patton sang harmonies with Jamie Lin Wilson during the majority of her set, and Wade Bowen (who spent a large share of the night slinging drinks behind the bar, see below) jumped on stage to reprise his duet with Jaime Lin, “Just Some Things”?
Texas songwriter (and Courtney Patton’s husband) Jason Eady showed up to sing “Pancho & Lefty” with Mike Harmeier of Mike and the Moonpies, while later the entire stage would be filled with Texas/Red Dirt talent, including Moonpies producer Adam Odor playing bass, Moonpies guitarist Catlin Rutherford singing harmonies with Courtney Patton, a moment where steel guitar players Cody Angel and Zach Moulton of Mike and the Moonpies were trading licks, and later Moonpies bass player Omar Oyoque also jump behind the steel.
Jamie Lin Wilson barely left the stage the entire night, was a sight to behold singing harmonies with Mike and the Moonpies, and blew harmonica on multiple songs including a blistering version of Merle Haggard’s “I Think I’ll Just Sit Here and Drink.” The cover songs were less covers, and more epic country music jam sessions with the cords and lyrics as the guideposts.
Guitar pulls, songwriting swaps, and stage collaborations are one thing. But the magic that Jamie Lin Wilson with Mike and the Moonpies and friends sowed resulted in moments that will be very hard to forget, even amid many other unforgettable moments of a frenetic festival in an exotic place like Mile 0 Fest. It’s no wonder both are top talents in Texoma music.
Jamie Lin Wilson, Mike and the Moonpies, and Friends Cover Songs Set List:
- “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
- “Pancho & Lefty”
- “Here’s a Quarter”
- “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound”
- “I Think I’ll Just Sit Here and Drink”
- “Can’t You See”
- “Help Me Make It Through The Night”
- “I Don’t Think Hank Done It This Way.”
Select photos by Patrick Tewey, who can be followed on Instagram, and Brad Coolidge of Texas Music Photographers.
January 29, 2020 @ 10:07 pm
Jamie Lin Wilson is absolutely incredible. “Jumping Over Rocks” (2018) is one of the best albums released in recent years.
January 29, 2020 @ 11:27 pm
Love the Keys, & Fort Jeff.
Have a Great time!
January 30, 2020 @ 7:09 am
AHAHAH, Jason Eady expression as Mike drinks two beers at a time is priceless!!
Seems like lots of of fun..
January 30, 2020 @ 9:12 am
“Show me your Tritts” hahaha
January 30, 2020 @ 9:45 am
Heck of a lineup. Sounds (& looks) like a great time!
January 30, 2020 @ 10:36 am
Looks awesome. I don’t think anyone in country music has more fun than Courtney Patton.
January 30, 2020 @ 1:55 pm
She’s the definition of a hoot. Had the pleasure of sharing a few drinks and stories with her at Steamboat, just a great, fun, positive person to be around
January 30, 2020 @ 10:51 am
Nashville?, are you listening???
January 30, 2020 @ 11:33 am
I’m taking a work trip to San Antonio the first week in March. Normally I would just fly back home after the work was done. But then I saw that Mike and the Moonpies were playing in Austin and that I could get there on a bus for as little as $12. Very excited that Texas is the very first time I get to see these guys live. And also hoping that Jamie Lin might just make a surprise appearance…..
January 30, 2020 @ 11:57 am
Any chance the Panhandlers make a surprise appearance?
January 30, 2020 @ 12:19 pm
Josh Abbott isn’t here is the only problem. All the other three are here though playing multiple times this week.
January 30, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
His website says he’s not playing anywhere else right now…wouldn’t rule it out!
January 30, 2020 @ 4:26 pm
Trigger: Any opportunities for festival-goers to meet you?
January 30, 2020 @ 5:30 pm
Sure! If you see me, come on up. Wearing a brown hat, brown vest, probably with a camera on my hip. If I’m not in front of the stage, I’ll be in the Sponsor/Press tent in the amp in the southwest corner. Or DM me here:
https://savingcountrymusic.com/contact/
January 30, 2020 @ 5:19 pm
Not so much in these pictures, but I see a lot go grey hair in pictures being posted. Is the crowd older than past years?
January 30, 2020 @ 5:31 pm
I’d say the crowd has always been older. You have to have a little money to get down here, and the way it falls on the calendar is not exactly conducive to the college crowd.
February 1, 2020 @ 7:43 am
we’ve been to all three mile 0’s.
we think this year’s crowd somewhat younger than last year’s.